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188 business pleased him. He was as cheery and chirrupy as if he were going to a bridal, and an apparently irrepressible smile lingered about his puckered mouth all the way to Leeds. Rhodes met him with a grim, watchful courtesy, and was evidently surprised to see Jonathan Burley with him.

The money was silently paid over, and Shuttleworth, having carefully tied it up in a buck-skin bag, said, "There is some pleasure in fighting thee, Rhodes. Thou art no fool. I'm right glad thou art Anthony Aske's lawyer, for now thee and me are going to hev it hot and heavy!"

"Sir?"

"I say, as thou art Aske's lawyer, thee and me are in for t' biggest fight thou iver had."

"I do not understand you, Mr. Shuttleworth."

"Well, I'll mek mysen clear enough before I've done. Aske and thee are two of as big rascals as Yorkshire owns, but I'm not going to see you rogue my nephew any longer."

"I am somewhat accustomed to your adjectives, Mr. Shuttleworth; still, I would advise you that to call a man a rascal is actionable."

"Keep thy advice until I think it worth